208 Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal: powers to fine in cases relating to economic crime
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (2023 c 56) | Legislation

208  Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal: powers to fine in cases relating to economic crime

(1)     Section 53 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (powers of tribunal) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1)—

(a)     in paragraph (b)—

(i)     after “dishonesty” insert “(other than a conviction for an economic crime offence)”;

(ii)     after “or has” insert “(other than in relation to a conviction for an economic crime offence)”;

(b)     after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)     a solicitor has (whether before or after enrolment as a solicitor) been convicted by any court of an economic crime offence, or”;

(c)     in paragraph (c), after “offence” insert “(other than a conviction for an economic crime offence)”;

(d)     after

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